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Ladies reading a book at the annual Literary Festival held at Althorp, Northamptonshire, England.  Image credit: britainonview/ Olivier Roques Rogery.
LITERATURE
Our Top Picks
UK Writer-in-Residence Program
Dickens 2012 - Sketching the City
What's On
Search our event listings to find new UK art we're bringing you in the US.
OUR TOP PICKS
Brit Lit - New Writing Now
ContemporaryWriters.com
Find out more about your favorite living UK writers with the British Council's guide, created in partnership with BookTrust.
Animating Literature
One British Council site connects you to all aspects of the UK's literary scene.
UK Literary Festivals
Our online database guides you through UK literary events throughout the year.
The Poetry Library
The place to read/borrow/listen to/watch/keep up-to-date with/immerse yourself in all kinds of poetry in London - with an emphasis on modern British poetry.
Audio and flash poems
Listen to a range of contemporary poets reading from their poems and discussing why they wrote them, taken from a series of recordings that we published in partnership with Bloodaxe Books.
enCompass Culture
Our online reading community and guide to the best contemporary UK literature...find your next good read by searching by genre or recent prize-winner in our collection of 2,000+ books by the best British talent.
WhichBook
One of our favorite sites for finding a good new read, whether you're in the mood for something romantic, funny, challenging, or thrilling…
Arts Council England - Literature Events
The Arts Council England is a great resource for literature events happening specifically in England.
BBC Books
The BBC delivers the goods, including news, event listings and reviews...and the ubiquitous Book Club. Plus, the BBC's Writers' Room offers tips for screenwriters and scriptwriters for radio.
Literary Conferences
The British Council's online guide to literary conferences in the UK and overseas conferences about UK and Commonwealth literature.
London Review of Books
There’s a reason Alan Bennett described the LRB as “the liveliest, the most serious and also the most radical literary magazine we have."
Guardian Unlimited Books
Stay up to date on the latest reviews and literary competitions with features from one of the UK's most popular newspaper websites.
Spike Magazine
The magazine that picks "the brains of popular culture" with interviews, features and reviews submitted by a collection of international contributors.

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